Colorado Texas Tomato War
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Colorado-Texas Tomato War was an annual event held at Twin Lakes, Lake County, Colorado, started in 1982 by local hotel owner Taylor Adams[1] and ended in the early 1990s and revived in 2011.[2] The event, held in September, pitted hundreds of Coloradans and Texans throwing ripe tomatoes at one another, as Coloradans attempted (and generally succeeded) in overrunning an "Alamo" built of straw bales and defended by the outnumbered Texans.
The combatants were identified by souvenir tee shirts sold by Ms. Adams. The event was based on the rivalry perceived by Coloradans against Texas visitors to the state. It is considered the source for the bumper sticker "Keep Colorado beautiful: put a Texan on a bus."[3][4] There is a festival located in Colorado annually.[5][6][7][8]
[edit] References
- ^ The Inn of the Black Wolf
- ^ Colorado tomato war revived after 20-year armistice, June 24, 2011, By ANGIE JACKSON, THE GAZETTE
- ^ Tomato wars, by goingsolo, Colorado Local Customs - Culture - VirtualTourist
- ^ Coloradans love Texas money, but not the Texans, By Keith Anderson(Dallas Morning News),Oct 14, 1984, Page 9A, Lakeland Ledger - Google News Archive Search
- ^ Golden, Colorado - M-Blem on Mountainside
- ^ Top Ten Reasons Dave Wiens Will Beat Lance Armstrong at the Leadville 100, Reason 10.) Twin Lakes is going to have its annual Coloradoans vs Texans tomato war a couple weeks early. It won’t go well for Lance., By Gregg, August 12, 2009, Mountain Bike Review
- ^ Laid-back lodge feels a lot like Austin in the Rocky Mountains, Author: Pamela LeBlanc, Date: August 24, 2008 Publication: Austin American-Statesman (TX) Page Number: K01, Archives, Statesman.com
- ^ TEXANS WIN TOMATO WAR, Published on September 18, 1990. SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS, Archives, The Rocky Mountain News
[edit] External links
- Tomato Battle
- Tomato Wars - A Dirty Business, August 25, 2008, McCook Daily Gazette
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